Means for making fringe for ladies&#39; hats



June 19, 1923. 1,459,472

L. KRAUSE MEANS FOR MAKING FRINGE FOR LADIES HATS Filed March 29, 1922 sSheets-Sheet 1 ATTQRNEY June 19, 1923. 1,459,472

L. KRAUSE MEANS FOR MAKING FRINGE FdR LADIES HATS Filed March 29, 1922 3Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR A TTORNE Y June 19, 1923. 1,459,472,

- L. KRAUSE MEANS FOR MAKING FRINGE FOR LADIES HATS Filed March 29, 1922a Sheets$heet a lNl/EIVTOR A TTOR/VEI Patented June 19, 1923.

team LOU KRAUSE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR .TO

MEANS r03 MAKING FRINGE non LADIES Application filed March 29, 1922.

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, LOU KRAUSE, a citizen of the United States, residingat 603 Broadway, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in" a Means for Making Fringe forLadies Hats, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to produce a novel and attractiveornamental fringe, useful in the womens hat industry and else where, inan expeditious and effective manner. This is accomplished by formingsubstantially-parallel close-together slits adj acent and inwardly ofthe edge, and p1nk ing the edge so as to remove the margin and form freepointed, dentated or scalloped ends on the resulting tongues between theslits.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention:

Fig. 1 is a perspective fragmentary view illustrating the first step ofthe process as preferably practised;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrat ve of the second step;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan View of a. hat-brim or other piece ofmaterial in the course of the process;

Fig. 4 is an illustration of a ladys soft felt hat, unfringed; and

Fig. 5 is an illustration of the same hat fringed in accordance with mymethod.

A piece of material m, which may be a hat brim, is fed through a sewingmachine, or like machine, wherein, in the case of a sewing machine, aknife-blade 2 is mounted on the reciprocatory bar 8 corresponding to theneedle-bar, in place of a needle. 4 is a special presser-foot having aslot 5 for the passage of the knife. The material is fed with its edgein contact with a suitable gage 6, so that as the material is advancedthe knife or cutter is moved into and out of the material so as to forma series of slits 7. These slits or cuts are relatively close togetherand substantially parallel with each other and substantially radial ornormal to the edge, and their outer ends are adjacent form of fringe anding the outer HATS.

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and inward ofthe extreme edge, leaving a continuous margin or binding.

The edge is then passing it beneath a 8, coacting in the ordinary mannerof pinking rollers with an suitable adjustable vided in connection withthis pinking step. The pinking roller ortool' produces a relatively finescallop or, dentation', and acts near the outer ends of the slits 7, soas to intersect these slits and free the ends of the tongues 11, whichare thus formed with pointed or dentated extremities. The naridlepressure roll 9. A gage lO'is likewise pro- 5 star EDGE COMPANY, rneaooae rona'rron or NEW roan.

pinked, preferably by driven pinking roller row strip 12 which is cutoff constitutes waste and may be as slight as desired.

The final result, after loosening and slightly roughing up the tongues,as seen in F 1g. 5, for example, is a very desirable thickened andpointed fringe, which naturally falls into major scallops and waves ofan irregular character, and thus by'a very simple processgivesdistinction and value to a plain soft felt hat shape of the kindsuch as shown in Fig. 4. The invention is also applicable to othermaterials and ar tioles of apparel or otherwise, and may be varied inits particular carrying out, and is not necessarily limited to theparticular sequence of steps. In general, I believe that I am the firstto produce this particular in this way, and also to recognize itsspecial value in hats ofthe type and material referred to.

What is claimed as new is:

1. The method of producing a fringed edge upon a soft felt fabriccomprising cutting close-together slits in the material adjacent andinwardly of the edge, and servportion of the material beyond said slits.I

2. The method of producing a pointed fringed edge upon a soft feltfabric com prising cutting close-together slits in the material adjacentand inwardly of the edge,

ing roller.

- LOU KRAUSE.

